Case Studies

  • Careful interview revealed client's strong case to prove he was a U.S. citizen

    Client’s father came to our office regarding his son who was incarcerated in federal penitentiary in Texas. The son was serving a sentence for an aggravated felony of selling drugs. An aggravated felony is a very serious felony which typically involves drugs, loss of human life or crimes that are violent. The son was in removal proceedings in Texas based on his residence in the penitentiary in Texas, so we entered an appearance in the Texas Immigration Court. As an aggravated felon, there was no relief that the son qualified for, because he did not have a clear probability of persecution on account of the protected ground such as race, religion, pol read more

  • Reversal of Immigration Judge decision that client was an aggravated felon

    Client had convictions for two 30-day misdemeanors of possessing very tiny amounts of marijuana for personal use, not for sale. Notwithstanding the relatively minor infractions, the Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals both decided that this client was an aggravated felon—the worst type of heinous criminal who cannot qualify for any discretionary relief from removal.  The Immigration Judge and the Board of Immigration Appeals based their decision on the fact that client had two drug related convictions, however minor. The Law offices of George P. Mann & Associates took this novel issue to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, c read more

  • Application for a green card with a special hardship waiver

    Client arrived in the United States as a refugee from Sierra Leone in 2000. In 2004 he brought his wife and three children from a refugee camp in Ghana to the United States. In 2006 he and his wife had a child. In 2006, client was convicted in federal court of selling and transporting counterfeit retail items. Client served 10-months in jail for this conviction. This conviction led to his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October 2007. Soon after, client was placed in removal proceedings at the Detroit Immigration Court.  At that point client retained our services. We realized that client, as a refugee was eligible to apply for a sp read more

  • Not speaking Chaldean doesn't mean you are not of Chaldean descent

    A Chaldean Iraqi was found not credible and not eligible for asylum, in particular because the Immigration Judge did not believe client was Chaldean because client did not speak the language Chaldean.  The Court ignored other evidence that the alien was of Chaldean descent. This case was appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that noted that it was improper for the Immigration to rely solely on language as a litmus test for ethnicity. George P. Mann and Associates pointed out that U.S. State Department country reports support the fact that Saddam Hussein outlawed the teaching of ethnic languages in schools, only permitting Arabic to be taugh read more

  • Extreme and exceptionally unusual hardship

    Our Client was from Mexico and married to a United States Citizen, with whom he had two US citizen children.  Client had been in the United States for the past 15 years. Client was placed into deportation proceedings due to the fact that he was not legally present in the United States.  After analyzing the situation, we determined that client was prima facie eligible for Cancellation of Removal for Certain non-Permanent Residents.  This relief from deportation is available to some persons who have been in the United States for more than 10 years, who have US citizen spouse and/or children, who have been persons of good moral character, and who ca read more

  • 6th Circuit Court of Appeals finds Government bears burden of proof on vacatur of convictions

    Our client, a native and citizen of Lebanon, and most of his immediate family members entered the United States on immigrant visas in 1992 and then became lawful permanent residents. About five years later, he pled guilty to possession of less than twenty-five grams of cocaine in violation of Michigan’s law and the state court sentenced him to one year of probation. The law also stated that “upon fulfillment of the terms and conditions of probation, the court shall discharge the individual and dismiss the proceedings” thus after our client completed his probation, the state court dismissed the proceedings against him. However, in 2002, the Gov read more

  • Green Cards for Postdoctoral Research Fellows with NIW

    Our firm was recently successful in obtaining approval of two I-140 immigrant petition in the EB-2 category with National Interest Waiver. As known, an immigrant petition generally requires the existence of a job offer from a U.S. employer and the approval by the Dept. of Labor of a labor certification certifying that there are no U.S. workers able, willing, qualified and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage for that position. However, in certain circumstances, a job offer is not required and the applicant can self petition. In the EB-2 category (a professional holding an advanced degree or its equivalent) the applicant must demonst read more